ANSWER: A
Khajjiar town was christened “mini-Switzerland” by Swiss envoy Willy P. Blazer July 7, 1992. He put up a signboard which indicates the distance from Swiss capital Berne to Khajjiar is 6,194 km
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: A
ANSWER: C
Gaddi, the semi-agricultural tribe of Bharmaur area of Chamba district is identifiable due to their typical dress comprising topi, Chola and dora.
ANSWER: A
| List I | List II |
| i. Swangla | d. Rusa-te-byah |
| ii. Gaddi | c. Jhanjrara |
| iii. Khampa | b. Phaktum or Phanktum |
| iv. Pangwal | a. Pith-Chuk or Chori |
ANSWER: D
Kinnauras
ANSWER: A
Out of total 55,673 square kilometer geographical area of HP, about 23,655 square kilometer area falls in Scheduled V area, which constitutes 42.49 percent of the total area of the state
ANSWER: D
Masrur Temple: Location: in the Kangra Valley of Beas River in Himachal Pradesh.
ANSWER: A
It is considered the first school of Pahari paintings. The earliest paintings in this style have been dated to the time of Raja Kirpal (1678–93). It was during his reign these paintings were at their peak.
ANSWER: B
The Great Himalayan National Park: Location: In the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, India, in distant western Himalaya.
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: B
Those inscriptions have been written in various scripts such as Sharda, Kharoshti, Tankri, Kutila, Nagri, Sankha, Bhotia and Sidhamatrika. The highest number of inscriptions (36) have been found in the Chamba region which have been written in Sharda and Tankri.
ANSWER: C
Signed on 2 December 1815 and ratified by 4 March 1816, The Treaty of Sugauli, also known as the Sugauli Sandhi, was the treaty signed between the East India Company and the then king of Nepal, King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah after the Anglo-Nepalese War in the years 1814-1816.
ANSWER: C
The Chamba district has suitable pockets for the production of hazelnut, olive, chilgoza, apricot, walnut, peach, apple, pear, plum and mango. There are three Olive development centres in the Chamba district at Lanji, Saro and Rajnagar.
ANSWER: C
The State of Himachal Pradesh has an estimated Hydro Potential of 27,436 MW out of which 24,000 MW has been assessed as harnessable.
A potential of about 10519 MW has already been harnessed so far under various sectors
ANSWER: A
Matri Shakti Bima Yojna: Launched on 25-09-2000. It covers all rural women living below the poverty line within the age group of 10-75 years.
ANSWER: C
Soil Testing. Department of Agriculture, Government of Himachal Pradesh issued a notification exercising the powers vested under Section 3 of the HP Public Services Guarantee Act 2011. It notified Soil Testing as public service by State Govt. under H.P. Public Service Guarantee Act, 2011.
ANSWER: C
| List I | List II |
| i. Gaiety Theatre | D. Henry Irwin |
| ii. Kalka-Shimla Railway | C. H.S. Harringto
|
| iii. Satyakam | A. Samual Evans Stokes |
| iv. Old Shimla Bank | E. Messors Barrett & Co. |
ANSWER: B
Black Nude, Sitting Nude and Young Girls are some of the famous work of which artist ? Explanation: Amrita Sher Gil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was an eminent Hungarian-Indian painter.
ANSWER: A
The important decision to invade Afghanistan in 1938 and after four years the same decision was criticized at Shimla by the British was taken in the : Kennedy House. Auckland House.
ANSWER: A
Abhay Ashtekar: He has been conferred the prize “For numerous and seminal contributions to general relativity, including the theory of black holes, canonical quantum gravity, and quantum cosmology.”
ANSWER: B
Indian Railways unveiled ‘eDrishti’ software that will help Union Railway Minister to keep track of punctuality of trains as well as freight and passenger earnings and much more from anywhere in the country.
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: D
Only seven women have received the prize, including Marie Curie, her daughter Irène Joliot-Curie, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1964), Ada Yonath (2009), Frances H. Arnold (2018), Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna (2020).
ANSWER: B
The Commission comprises a Chairperson and not less than 2 and not more than 6 other members appointed by the Central Government. Ashok Kumar Gupta is the current Chairperson of the CCI.
ANSWER: C
Sikkim, India’s first ‘fully organic’ state wins FAO’S Future Policy Gold Award. India’s “100 per cent organic state” Sikkim has won the “Oscar for best policies”, conferred by the Food and Agriculture Organisation for the world’s best policies promoting agroecological and sustainable food systems
ANSWER: A
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: B
My Son, Temple. My Son Temple: My Son, an architectural temple complex on the coast of Vietnam, was the spiritual and political capital of the Cham people (the Champa Kingdom). Champa, an ancient Indo-Chinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century AD.
ANSWER: C
The ‘Nongkrem Dance,’ will be celebrated at Smit, the cultural centre of the Khasi Hills. Shad Nongkrem is celebrated all across the State of Meghalaya to appease the all-powerful Goddess ‘Ka Blei Synshar’, in the hope of gaining a bountiful harvest and prosperity.
ANSWER: D
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) :
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: A
MOUSHIK is an Indigenous RISC-V Microprocessor and is the third chip of the SHAKTI family, all of which were conceptualized and developed by this Centre and were first time silicon successes.
ANSWER: B
In September, the two sides reached agreement in principle to complete the Treaty before the end of the year. On December 8, 1987, the Treaty was signed by President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev at a summit meeting in Washington.
On February 2, 2019, the United States provided its six-month notice of withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty due to the Russian Federation’s continuing violation of the treaty.Russia is solely responsible for the treaty’s demise.
ANSWER: D
Mariculture is the farming of marine organisms for food and other products such as pharmaceuticals, food additives, jewelry (e.g., cultured pearls), nutraceuticals, and cosmetics, either in the natural marine environment, or in land- or sea-based enclosures, such as cages, ponds, or raceways.
ANSWER: D
Initial efforts at the national level are focused on two emerging technology areas: Artificial intelligence and machine learning, and blockchain and distributed ledger technology
ANSWER: A
Banni Grasslands Reserve or Banni grasslands form a belt of arid grassland ecosystem on the outer southern edge of the desert of the marshy salt flats of Rann of Kutch in Kutch District, Gujarat State, India.
ANSWER: C
Match List I and List II and give correct answer with the help of codes given below:
| List I (Country) | List II (Time Zones) |
| I, France | 2. 12 |
| ii. USA | 1. 11 |
| iii. South Africa | 4. 02 |
| iv. UK | 3. 09 |
ANSWER: C
The United Nations general assembly had established this day on December 18, 2007, to stress the importance of equal opportunities for women and girls in rural areas. The UN believes that structural barriers and discriminatory social norms continue to constrain women’s decision-making power and rural political participation in rural households and communities.
International Day for Rural Women is a day that focuses on gender equality and empowering women in rural areas. Highlighting the purpose of this day, the United Nations said that it “recognises the critical role and contribution of rural women in agricultural and rural development. It is observed on October 15 every year.
ANSWER: D
Bathukamma is celebrated by the women folk of Telangana, heralding the beauty of nature in vibrant colors of multitudinous flowers. Bathukamma, that means ‘Mother Goddess come Alive’ is celebrated towards the end of monsoon and heralds the abundance that nature has to offer. The festival begins on the day of Mahalaya Amavasya, and is celebrated with much fanfare for nine days.
ANSWER: D
Jayaprakash Narayan was an Indian independence activist. He is popularly referred to as Lok Nayak. The “Party Less Democracy” in India was proposed by Jay Prakash Narayan.
ANSWER: B
It increased the number of additional (non-official) members in the Central and provincial legislative councils, but maintained the official majority in them. It increased the functions of legislative councils and gave them the power of discussing the budget and addressing questions to the executive. The Councils did not get any substantial control over the budget. The rules of election were unfair.
ANSWER: C
| List I | List II |
| a. Drain of wealth theory | 4. Dadabhai Naoroji |
| b. Swaraj as my birth right | 3. B.G. Tilak |
| c. Separate Communal electorate | 2. Moh. Ali Jinnah |
| d. Entry into legislation | 1. C.R. Das |
| 5. Subhash Chandra Bose |
ANSWER: A
| List I | List II |
| a. Formation of Village | 1. Article 50 |
| b. Uniform civil code | 2. Article 48 |
| c. Agriculture and animal husbandry | 3. Article 40 |
| d. Separation of Judiciary from Executive | 4. Article 44 |
ANSWER: D
A money bill is defined by Article 110 of the Constitution, as a draft law that contains only provisions that deal with all or any of the matters listed therein. The imposition, abolition, remission, alteration, or regulation of any tax. The regulation of the borrowing of money by the Union government.
ANSWER: C
The procedure of amendment in the constitution is laid down in Part XX (Article 368) of the Constitution of India. This procedure ensures the sanctity of the Constitution of India and keeps a check on arbitrary power of the Parliament of India.
ANSWER: C
91st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003:
ANSWER: D
The nomination paper must be presented in person to the Returning Officer, either by the candidate himself or by any of his proposers or seconders. c) The security deposit for the election is Rs. 15,000/- which will be required to be made along with the nomination paper.
ANSWER: C
Article 72 of the Indian Constitution deals with the pardoning powers of the President of India. When the President of India takes an action over the case of punishment or the sentence of any person convicted for an offence, it takes the form of his pardoning powers.
ANSWER: D
360 – Provisions as to financial emergency
If the President is satisfied that a situation has arisen whereby the financial stability or credit of India or of any part of the territory thereof is threatened, he may by a Proclamation make a declaration to that effect
ANSWER: B
The Talukdars or Talukders were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate, Mughal Empire, and British times. They were owners of a vast amount of lands, consistently hereditary, and were responsible for collecting taxes.
ANSWER: D
In 1905, in the Benaras session of the Congress, Gopal Krishana Gokhale supported the Swadeshi and Boycott Movements to Bengal only.
ANSWER: (Question is scrapped by HPPSC, Correct answer is Baba Gurdit Sing )
Baba Gurdit Singh was the central figure in the Komagata Maru incident of 1914, one of several incidents in the history of early 20th century involving exclusion laws in both Canada and the United States designed to keep out immigrants of only Asian origin. The Komagata Maru was meant to test this rule. The ship was chartered by a Sikh fisherman, contractor, and workers’ rights activist named Gurdit Singh.
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: A
The Lucknow Session of the Indian National Congress presided over by a Moderate, Ambika Charan Majumdar, finally readmitted the Extremists led by Tilak to the Congress fold.
ANSWER: D
A compromise was reached and Planters were ordered to refund 25% of the amount they had illegally taken.
ANSWER: B
Marquess of Linlithgo was the viceroy of India from 1936-1943.
ANSWER: A
Gopal Hari Deshmukh was an Indian activist, thinker, social reformer and writer from Maharashtra. His original surname was Shidhaye. Because of ‘Vatan’ that the family had received, the family was later called Deshmukh. Deshmukh is regarded as an important figure of the Social Reform Movement in Maharashtra.
ANSWER: B
The thermal origin of monsoons was explained in detail by Sir Edmund Halley in 1686. According to this concept, monsoons are land and sea breezes on a gigantic scale produced by the differential seasonal heating of continental and oceanic areas.
ANSWER: C
The percentage of soil in India is given below
| Soil Type | Area Covered |
| Black Soil | 15% |
| Red Soil | 18.5% |
| Laterite Soil | 4.30% |
| Desert Soil | 4.32% |
| Alluvial Soil | 40% |
| Forest Soil | 8.67% |
ANSWER: A
Bhil is the largest tribal group in India as per 2011 Census. They constitute approximately 38% of the total scheduled tribal population of India. Bhil tribes are found in the states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, as well as in Tripura.
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: B
| List I | List II |
| a. Cape Leeuwin | iii. Australia |
| b. Ozark Plateau | ii. United States |
| c. Katanga Plateau | iv. Democratic Republic of Congo |
| d. Kamchatka Peninsula | i. Russia |
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: C
The highest tides in the world occur in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada.
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: A (Scrraped by hppsc)
The Mahi is a river in western India. It rises in Madhya Pradesh and, after flowing through the Vagad region of Rajasthan, enters Gujarat and flows into the Arabian Sea.
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: B
Economic development refers to the flow of goods and services in the economy for a long period of time only.
ANSWER: C
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Global Goals are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all”. The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly (UN-GA) and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030.
ANSWER: B
Family planning programme:
India was the first country in the world to have launched a National Programme for Family Planning in 1952. With its historic initiation in 1952, the Family Planning Programme has undergone transformation in terms of policy and actual programme implementation.
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: B
The poverty gap reflects the intensity of poverty in a nation, showing the average shortfall of the total population from the poverty line. It is defined as the average poverty gap in the population as a proportion of the poverty line.
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: C
Indicators of underdevelopment include:
ANSWER: D
ANSWER: C
The rise was 11.1 per cent during the 1921-1931 decade, 14.00 per cent from 1931 to 1941, and 13.5 per cent from 1941-1951. After that, it shows an increasing trend. The year 1921 is thus rightly referred to as the demographic divide or the year of the great divide.
ANSWER: C
The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if: she was to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime. she was to live from birth until the end of her reproductive life.
ANSWER: B
National Food Security Mission (NFSM) was launched in 2007-08 to increase the production of rice, wheat and pulses through:
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: A
Ozone is a colorless gas made up of three oxygen atoms. Ozone is not emitted directly into the air but is formed through chemical reactions between natural and man-made emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the presence of sunlight.
These gaseous compounds mix like a thin soup in the ambient, or outdoor, air, and when they interact with sunlight, ozone is formed. Ozone can be split into two major types: Stratospheric Ozone and Ground-Level Ozone.
AMSWER: C
The most desirable intensity of sound to support a normal conversation is between 30-60 decibels. Hence, we can say that the intensity of sound between 30-60 decibels is the intensity for a normal conversation.
Option (Scrraped by HPPSC)
ANSWER: D
The water cycle consists of three major processes: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Evaporation is the process of a liquid’s surface changing to a gas. In the water cycle, liquid water (in the ocean, lakes, or rivers) evaporates and becomes water vapor.
ANSWER: D
| List I (Event) | List II (Names) |
| I. Appiko Movement | ii. Appu and Mamtah |
| II. Narmada Bachao Andolan | iv. Medha Patkar |
| III. People for Animals | i. Maneka Gandhi |
| IV. Resurrection of Kali Being Rivulet | iii. Balbir Singh Seechewal |
ANSWER: C
| Column I | Column II |
| P. The Montreal Protocol | iii. 1987 |
| Q. The Paris Agreement | iv. 2015 |
| R. The Rio Summit | i. 1992 |
| S. First UN IPCC Conference | ii. 1995 |
ANSWER: D
Spinach
ANSWER: B
The theory of evolution is a shortened form of the term “theory of evolution by natural selection,” which was proposed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the nineteenth century.
ANSWER: C
Biogas is generated during anaerobic digestion when microorganisms break down (eat) organic materials in the absence of air (or oxygen)
Biogas is generated during anaerobic digestion when microorganisms break down (eat) organic materials in the absence of air (or oxygen).
Biogas is mostly methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), with very small amounts of water vapor and other gases. Methane is the primary component of natural gas.
ANSWER: B
The heart is the hardest working muscle in the human body. Located almost in the center of the chest, a healthy adult heart is the size of a clenched adult fist. By age 70, the human heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times. The heart is always working. It pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood daily.
A child’s heart works just as hard as an adult’s heart. In fact, at rest, a baby’s heart may beat up to 130 to 150 times a minute. An adult’s heart often beats between 60 and 100 times a minute. The rate at which the heart pumps gradually slows down from birth to teen years.
The lower chambers are the right and left ventricles, which receive blood from the atria above. Their muscular walls are thicker than the atria because they have to pump blood out of the heart to various organs of the body.
ANSWER: D
Movement of hand: Breathing, Heart-pumping, Salivation, Blinking of eyelids etc. is a reflex action. Movement of hand is can be both voluntary and involuntary. Hence it can’t be a strictly reflex action.
ANSWER: C
The cerebellum maintains the posture and equilibrium of the body after getting information from the spinal cord, sensory systems, and other parts of the brain.
ANSWER: D
The colour of litmus solution when it is neither acidic or basic the colour of the solution will be purple , in the neutral state.
ANSWER: A
ANSWRE: D
The p stands for the German “Potenz”, meaning power or concentration, and the H for the hydrogen ion (H+). The “pH” value is an approximate number between 0 and 14 that indicates whether a solution is acidic, basic or neutral.
ANSWER: D
A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye. For people who have cataracts, seeing through cloudy lenses is a bit like looking through a frosty or fogged-up window.
ANSWER: B
ANSWER: B
The twinkling of stars is due to atmospheric refraction of star-light. The refraction of light caused by the earth’s atmosphere having air layers of varying optical density is called atmospheric refraction.
The physical conditions of the atmosphere keep on changing continuously due to which density of air in different layers of atmosphere also keeps on changing.
As a result of this, the refractive index of the various layers of atmosphere also keeps on changing continuously. So, light coming from stars suffers multiple refraction. This causes the direction of the ray coming from stars to change, consequently causing the shift in the position of the image of stars in random directions. Also, the amount of starlight reaching the eye also keeps changing and so, due to fluctuation of perceived brightness of the star, they appear like they are twinkling.
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